Concur with Cory's post. In addition,...............
I also saw a tube axle actually break on another car several years ago. The
breakage was attributed to the use of only one rotor/caliper and
sadistically excessive trail braking. "Rumor has it" that the axle didn't
have very thick walls either. The ones I used were 1.25" with .25" walls.
Never broke one but, bent a couple.
dg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cory McLeod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [F500] Bent Axle
It doesn't take much to bend an axle. Bob Gelles's son used my car as a
brake once going into the chicane at Daytona a few years ago. All it did
was spin me out and bend the axle and rim. I also had a CSR bump my rr
tire at Hallet going into a turn back in 1997. I barely felt it, but it
bent the axle. It makes sense that the jackshaft would be resier to bend
because of it's smaller size, but I've never had one bend, probably
because it's better protected within the chassis.
John Vriesinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the continuing quest to
ready my car for the coming season, I found I had
a bent rear axle. It's bent right near the middle. Early last year, I
found
my jack shaft was bent also. This leads me to believe that the car must
have
been in a wreck once. Does anyone out there know of a wreck involving my
car? (formerly George Harmuth's Zink 22) Out of curiosity, how hard a lick
does it take to bend a 1.25 inch shaft like this? Would a person even
survive a wreck like that?!
JV
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